Two stories (updated to add the one from UN Radio):
From AFP, reprinted on Sudan.Net...
The UN mission in Sudan said on Wednesday [that] it feared for the security of its staff after the International Criminal Court accused two Sudanese officials of war crimes in Darfur.
"We issued yesterday an advisory to our staff" on the potential security repercussions of the ICC's Tuesday announcement, acting mission chief Taye-Brook Zerihoun told reporters.
"The ICC can be seen as part of the UN system, and there could be reactions."
Khartoum defended the two suspects -- a militia leader and a member of the current government -- and insisted [that] the ICC had no legitimacy to handle the case, stressing [that] its own judiciary was competent and independent.
ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Tuesday accused militia leader Ali Kosheib and former minister Ahmed Haroun of 51 crimes against humanity and war crimes including murder, torture and mass rape.
It was the first attempt to hold criminally liable officials suspected of masterminding the atrocities carried out against civilians in Darfur over the past four years.
According to the United Nations, at least 200,000 people have been killed and some 2.5 million [have been] displaced since the start of a rebel uprising in the western Sudanese region in February 2003.
Zerihoun said [that] the UN mission had not yet formulated a definitive stance on the future of its working relationship with Haroun, who is Sudan's current secretary of state for humanitarian affairs.
The US embassy in Sudan earlier this month issued an advisory, warning against a heightened security threat after the United Nations received information according to which "an extremist group based in the country is likely to target Western interests."
From UN Radio, reprinted on ReliefWeb...
The UN mission in Sudan has expressed fears for the security of its staff, after the International Criminal Court accused two Sudanese officials of war crimes in Darfur.
The acting special envoy Taye-Brook Zerihoun told reporters in Khartoum that the mission has issued an advisory for its staff. But he admits [that] it is still unclear what could happen:
"There could be reactions from people. Yes, the ICC is seen as part of the UN system. But we have no mandate on what the ICC does. There could be reactions. So far we haven't seen any. We have talked to the authorities."
ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Tuesday accused militia leader Ali Koshayb and former minister Ahmad Haroun of 51 crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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